{"id":3950,"date":"2021-08-27T08:37:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2021-08-27T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:37:53","slug":"dont-leave-me-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/27\/dont-leave-me-hanging\/","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t leave me hanging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->finished finally<br \/>\nor maybe just<br \/>\nfor the first time<br \/>\ni&#8217;ve been updated<br \/>\nand rebooted<br \/>\nbut i think the operating system<br \/>\nis still corrupted<\/p>\n<p>another passive morning<br \/>\nand another empty bed<br \/>\ni woke up hungry<br \/>\nand all my cats were running around<br \/>\ninsane with anticipation<br \/>\nstepping outside<br \/>\nfor my daily ritual<br \/>\n(coffee, cigarette, and book)<br \/>\ni found the sun<br \/>\nsitting sideways as always<br \/>\nlaughing at human desperation<br \/>\nand lazy vines that refused to quit<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s hot out already<br \/>\nand i forgot<br \/>\nto turn on the coffee maker<br \/>\nmy pants are too big<br \/>\nand my shirts are too small<br \/>\ndammit!<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s rarely ever any balance<\/p>\n<p>i have a whole row of unfinished poems<br \/>\nwaiting, like orphans<br \/>\nlocked in some complicated limbo<br \/>\nand i&#8217;m staring at this blinking cursor<br \/>\nsilently begging bastard gods<br \/>\nfor a hint of inspiration<br \/>\nno luck<br \/>\njust my black and white cat<br \/>\ntickling my toes<br \/>\nwith curios whiskers<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve got to go to work soon<br \/>\nbut i don&#8217;t want to leave<br \/>\nthis one<br \/>\nunfinished<\/p>\n<p>compromise<br \/>\nshit<br \/>\ntoo late<br \/>\nit&#8217;s already half forgotten<br \/>\nas i stroll out the door<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/549-dont-leave-me-hanging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/549-dont-leave-me-hanging-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"549-dont-leave-me-hanging\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/549-dont-leave-me-hanging-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/549-dont-leave-me-hanging-145x200.jpg 145w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/549-dont-leave-me-hanging.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3950"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}